Anne Smedinghoff, the 25-year-old River Forest native, Fenwick grad, and State Department foreign service officer who was killed last April in Afghanistan while bringing books to a local school, was recently named one the most notable deaths of 2013 by the Washington Post.

Percy Julian Middle School hosts a legislative forum Wednesday Oct. 9, featuring state representatives LaShawn Ford and Camille Lilly, and state senators Don Harmon and Kimberly Lightford. The event is scheduled for 7:30-9 p.m. at Julian, 416 S. Ridgeland. The forum is sponsored by Oak Park elementary school District 97.